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Online hate law should address ‘deepfakes’ and disinformation: advisory panel
Members of the expert panel of Canada's new online hate bill have suggested Canada to impose a duty on tech giants to tackle the spread of fake news and videos.
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Canadian broadcasters given 'unprecedented' ability to force internet providers to block illegal NHL streams
A Federal Court judge has granted three broadcasters the “unprecedented” ability to require all major Canadian internet providers to block access in real-time to web pages illegally streaming National Hockey League games for the rest of the season.
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Canada's Trudeau announces plan for national freeze on handguns
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government was introducing new legislation to implement a "national freeze" on handgun ownership and prevent people from buying and selling handguns anywhere in the country.
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Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Men who have sex with men will no longer be required to be celibate for three months before donating.
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Kraken CEO Backs Truckers And Bitcoin As Defense Against Canada’s Weaponized Financial System
Jesse Powell is not backing down to pressure from the Canadian government to let them handle the unrest in Ottawa on their own terms. Known in crypto circles as a strong crypto ideologue and an iconoclast, the leader of the U.S.’ second largest crypto exchange sees the trucker protests taking place north of the border as a perfect opportunity to demonstrate the true value of crypto and a way to stick up for the little guy.
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Canadian Police to block cryptocurrency transactions amid truckers protest
The Freedom Convoy, Canadian truckers protesting against vaccine mandates and passports by occupying the nation’s capital Ottawa and other important infrastructure, is continuing to constitute a threat to the Canadian government and its mandate policies.
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Canadian police block over 30 crypto wallets associated with the ‘Freedom Convoy’ truckers
A total of 34 cryptocurrency wallets allegedly associated with the Canadian truckers protesting COVID-19 restrictions, which had been raising money with Bitcoin for the Freedom Convoy 2022 campaign have reportedly been blocked. In particular, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Canada’s national police force has issued an order requiring all FINTRAC-regulated organizations in Canada to stop interacting with 34 crypto wallets, according to The Counter Signal.
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Canadian government is invoking its Emergencies Act to try to quell COVID protests
Conservatives say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's measures to try to end the protests will inflame the situation.
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Pandemic still top priority as B.C. NDP throne speech promises action on housing, climate change
Two years into the pandemic, keeping British Columbians healthy and safe from COVID-19 remains the top priority of the provincial government, according to Tuesday’s throne speech.
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Ontario passes new rules aimed at work-life balance for employees
The Ontario government has passed new laws it says will help employees disconnect from the office and create a better work-life balance.
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The Climate Crisis Is Highlighting the Mistreatment of Canada’s Migrant Workers
After a summer of disastrous forest fires, British Columbia is now experiencing extreme flooding. As well as causing untold misery for Canadian citizens, environmental catastrophe is also exposing how few protections exist for migrant workers.
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Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government, CBC News projects | CBC News
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will win enough seats in this 44th general election to form another minority government, the CBC News decision desk has projected.
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This Guy Running For Canadian Parliament Wants Men Not to Ejaculate
The anti-ejaculation candidate is running for the People's Party of Canada, the anti-vax, anti-climate science, anti-immigration party that is somehow gaining steam in the polls.
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Globe editorial: By calling the shortest possible federal election, Justin Trudeau may have guaranteed low voter turnout
The Liberal Leader decreed a 36-day campaign – the shortest option. Two extra weeks would have been invaluable to Elections Canada’s effort to organize a safe vote, and ensure the highest possible level of voter turnout.
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Canadian travellers fined $5,700 each for getting wrong COVID-19 test before returning from U.S.
Three travellers say Canadian authorities fined them for getting the wrong COVID-19 tests in the U.S. before flying home to Canada.
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Mary Simon installed as governor-general, first Indigenous person to serve as Queen’s federal representative in Canada
Ceremony at Ottawa’s Senate building marks start of Mary Simon’s tenure as governor-general
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Canada’s Indigenous Genocide Is Ongoing
The recovery of mass and unmarked graves at former Indian residential school sites in recent weeks has released a deluge of outrage and grief across the settler colony known as Canada. Horrifying truths are being unearthed that reveal the treachery by which Canadian governments, churches and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originally stole — and continue to steal — Indigenous lands.
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Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $16,000 Fine
The proposed law would likely run afoul of the First Amendment in the U.S., but despite popular misconceptions Canada is actually its own country.
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Trudeau says Pope should apologize on Canadian soil for church's role in residential schools
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.
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"We're all pained" - Canada indigenous leaders dismiss Pope remarks
Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.
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